Improved apparatus for burning petroleum as fuel



No. 685706. PATENT-RD sRTT. 10, 1867.

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UNITED N STATES PATENT OEEICE FREDERIC Coox, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

IMPRovED APPARATUS FOR BURNING PETROLEUM As FUEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 68,706, dated September .10, 1867.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC GooK,`of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Burning, as'Fuel, Petroleum and other liquid hydrocarbons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section through line C D, Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the line A B of Fig. l, of the apparatus used.

My invention relates to a new and improved method of burning liquid hydrocarbons, such as petroleum, as fuel 5 and consists in arranging the feed for the oil in the furnace-door, so that all the parts in the furnace may be readily got at by simply opening4 the door.

It also consists in an improved method of clearing the oil-passage from coke or other impurities; and it further consists (when the invention is applied to a steam-boiler) of au ar-- rangement of a deflecting-plate, of tile orother suitable material, in front of the iiues, for the purpose of forming a combustion-chamber and more thoroughly mixing and burning the gases before their escape into the tubes.

In the burning of liquid hydrocarbons as fuel it is desirable to have the apparatus by which the liquids are supplied so arranged that the parts may be readily got at for cleaning or repairs. I accomplish this result by boltin g the feed apparatus to the furnace-door, making it in fact a part of the door, so that by disconnecting the feed-pipes the door may be opened and the parts inside the furnace repaired or' cleaned, causing only a temporary' stoppage of the iire, while if the apparatus is permanently xed inv the furnace it is more difficult and requires a longer time to get at.

The arrangement for clearing the feed-pipe of coke and other hardened impurities is very important when any part of the feed-pipe is exposed to the heat of the furnace. By means of a cutter, worked by a screw or other suitable means, in a few moments the pipe is cleared without interfering with the operations of the furnace.

The operation of the furnaceis as follows:

The petroleum is ad mittedfrom atank through the pipe E, which has double valves FiF, one y of which is used to let on and shut oif the supf y ply, the other to regulate the quantity. Thei petroleum drips onto the inclined plate` G,

made of tile, and from thence to theplate H, and from it to the trough I, where any portion remaining unburned may be consumed. J is apipe communicating with the water-space of the boiler, to admit water inside` the furnace,` which, in passing through the perforated plate K, is finely divided and mixed with the fall-` ing petroleum, and by its partial decomposition aids in the combustion of the oil.1 Thef water-supply pipe J is supplied with double valves Y Y, for the same purpose as the oil- U pipe. `The use of water instead of steam sup-` 3. plies vapor to mix with the air immediately on y starting the fire, which is an important desideratum in starting. A small water-pipe, L, is i provided in case it may be desirable to mix a y quantity of water with the oil in the oil-pipe E, the supply being controlled bythe cock M.

N is a cock to let oft' any gas that may accumu-` y late in the pipe E. O isa coke-cutter, toclean D out any accumulations in the `orifice of the i supply-pipe E.

The whole of the feed apparatus is hung or bolted onto the furnace-door, and by disconnecting the joints a: w will swing out of the Way and afford access inside the furnace.

Pis an overilow-pipein the trough I, to carry y oft' any over-supply of petroleum. The trough I is lined withiire-brick, and has caps at each.. 3 l end, bolted on, in order to `provide a means of i clearing out dirt, sediment, or coke. Air is admitted into the air-box A by the dampers` It. The air passes into the air-distributers S, l` and through the air-holes. T, and also through i the bottom tile hearth-plate, U, and the cast-D` W is a deilector-plate or tire-tile set in front of the iiues, to prevent the too` iron plate V.

quick escape of the gases, and to forma combustionchamber by which the air and gases` may be thoroughly mixed, as well as to defend the tube-plate and tube endsfrom the intense heat. It also deilects the gases downward against the air-jets through U before their final,`

escape through the flues.

stantially as set forth.

2 smic 3. The arrangement of' the dellectng-tle W, When used for the purpose and inthe manner substantially as described and shown.

4. The air-distributing tiles, When perforated and arranged substantially in the manner as described.

FREDERIU 000K.`

Witnesses:

J. A. BAssETT, G. A.. C. SMITH. 

